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Once a journalist; still a writer (new novel #TheBoyMadeTheDifference); @AstonMartinF1 comms chief; @RacingPrideHQ ambassador; petrolhead; snooker fan; LGBTQ+
Jul 11 9 tweets 4 min read
A THREAD: it’s now exactly a week since the worst #GeneralElection defeat in the 190-year history of the Conservative Party, & over the past 7 days I’ve been truly amazed at how little blame has gone the way of Boris Johnson. (1/9) Image In his resignation speech Rishi Sunak accepted responsibility for his party’s ruinous electoral defeat, & he & Liz Truss surely played major parts in bringing it about, but the principal author of the chaos that led to the Tories’ comeuppance on 4 July 2024 was Johnson. (2/9) Image